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Hunting-gathering
Horticulture
Agriculture
Pastoralism
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They are simple societies and so easy to study
All humans were foragers for over 90% of human history
They are exotic and interesting
They are technologically simple and don't complain about being photographed
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35,000 years ago
10,000 years ago
5, 000 years ago
2,000 years ago, around the beginning of the Common Era
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Record keeping
Peaceful coexistence with neighbors
Metallurgy
Centralized government
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General reciprocity
Balanced reciprocity
Redistribution
Market system
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Food producing
Intensive foraging
Horticulture
Domestication
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35,000
11,000
5,000
2,000
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Biological differences between wild and domestic animals
Detailed written records about selective breeding procedures
Large numbers of bones of elderly animals found at sites
Clay tokens used to keep track of trade involving animals
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Have domesticated animals
Herd animals as the basis of their subsistence
Live outside of urban settings
Are nomadic
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Scavengers
Big game hunters
Herders
Fishermen
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Individual jobs are done by individual specialists
Men hunt and women gather
Pretty much everyone does every important task
The lower classes do most of the manual labor
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It was the major source of food
Hunting was seen as the more exciting and romantic endeavor
Hunter-gatherers themselves placed a social emphasis on hunting
Hunting is a more dangerous, more tenuous activity
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Hunted meat
Gathered plants
Domesticated food sources
Fish and small game
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Humans didn't enter the New World until later
The early humans in the New World were not as intellectually advanced
There were fewer domesticable species in the New World
Important wild food sources were found in great abundance
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Southwest Asia
Asia
Africa
Europe
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Shopping habits
Economy
Subsistence pattern
Market system
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Maize (corn)
Wheat
Beans
Potatoes
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Egalitarian with regard to all resources
Emphasis on animal herds
Sexual division
Nomadism or semi-nomadism
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Maintaining their egalitarian outlook
Keeping anthropologists from feeling superior
Keeping less powerful men from achieving higher status
Showing the spirit of the dead animal the superiority of humans
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Full-time labor specialists
Polytheism
Larger populations than foragers
More sedentary than foragers
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100,000 years ago
35,000 years ago
12,000 years ago
7, 000 years ago
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Societies that have ethics and morals
Societies without warfare and violence
The presence of cities and their characteristics
The presence of highly developed forms of art and literature
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250,000 years ago
100,000 years ago, with the first modern humans
12,000 years ago
Around the beginning of the Christian era
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Cattle
Corn
Reindeer
Dogs
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General reciprocity
Balanced reciprocity
Redistribution
Market system
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Large, open-air stalls for selling products
Centralized government control
Money and a profit motive
International trade networks
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Rank
Class
Egalitarian
Caste
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On the savannas of Africa
In the tropical forests
In glacial areas during the Pleistocene
Only in recent times after the advent of farming
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Areas of richer natural resources and better climates
More tropical areas
Areas that require more advanced farming technologies
Areas with large populations to support
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There are about 30,000 foragers left
There are millions of people who still rely on foraged food
There are no societies left that are true foragers
Foragers are isolated so we don't know how many are left
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Religious belief
Marxist-Leninist social theory
Lamarckian ideas about evolution
Mendelian genetics
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Good hunters get more meat from the kill
Women who gather more plants have more power
Successful healers sometimes have more than one wife
Larger individual groups have the right to a larger territory
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The overexploitation of an environment by hunting and gathering
Large scale farming or herding
The exploitation of new food sources after the final glacial recession
Extra energy put into foraging to stave off starvation
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They are usually on the brink of starvation
They have to try hard to increase their birth rate to maintain their population
They have to practice methods to limit their birth rate
They are now extinct because they could not produce enough food
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Egalitarian
Polytheistic
Nomadic
Individual land holdings
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Major food source
Population size
Use of mechanical sources of energy
Degree of social stratification
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Artifacts used in food producing and processing
Remains of ancient grains
Ancient paintings of people planting
Biological differences between wild and domestic plants and animals
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Llamas
Turkeys
Guinea pigs
Bison (buffalo)
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There are no important differences among the people
People are equal in wealth although not in status
People are equal in status although not in wealth
There are no recognized, formalized status or wealth differences
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Differences between wild and domestic plants
Presence of tools used for harvesting and processing
Pottery and baskets for food storage
Written records about planting, harvesting, and storage
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Use of animal labor and complex tools
Full-time labor specialists
Large, sedentary populations
Lack of social stratification
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Human energy source
Digging sticks
Hoes
Plows
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In the midst of areas of rich natural resources
In areas of poor natural resources
In the tropics
In poor areas at the margins of rich ones
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The Kwakiutl potlatch
Our income tax system
Contributions to charitable organizations
Meat distribution among the San
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Rank
Class
Egalitarian
Caste
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